Arp 27 (NGC 3631)
|
|
Another
Spiral Galaxy with One Heavy Arm. The heavy arm is the nearly straight one
above the core, cutting across the general sweep of arms, heading just south of east. Also
note the faint one extending out on the north side, and the faint halo on the
east side. The Atlas note is "note straight arms, absorption tube crossing
from inside to outside of S arm". This can be seen better in the Atlas
image.
|
|
10-inch Newtonian, StarlightXpress MX716, 26 minutes |
|
|
|